RIP Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani

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Maryam Mirzakhani, the first female recipient of the Fields Medal, has passed away at the age of 40 due to breast cancer that metastasized to her bones. Awarded in 2014 for her groundbreaking contributions to complex geometry and dynamical systems, Mirzakhani's achievements have left an indelible mark on the field of mathematics. The Fields Medal, often referred to as the "Nobel Prize for Mathematics," is awarded every four years to a select group of mathematicians under 40. Her death is a significant loss to the mathematical community and humanity as a whole.

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Cancer has taken a great from us once again!
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40617094

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US.

The 40-year-old had breast cancer, which had spread to her bones.

Nicknamed the "Nobel Prize for Mathematics", the Fields Medal is only awarded every four years to between two and four mathematicians under 40.

It was given to Prof Mirzakhani, an Iranian, in 2014, for her work on complex geometry and dynamical systems.
 
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Man, I hate cancer.
 
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http://news.stanford.edu/2017/07/15...d-mathematician-and-fields-medal-winner-dies/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/maryam-mirzakhani-is-first-woman-fields-medalist-20140812







https://video.ias.edu/search/node/Mirzakhani

https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=91093
https://search.proquest.com/docview/305191605 "Simple geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and the volume of the moduli space of curves" (2004 dissertation)

http://math.stanford.edu/~mmirzakh/Research.html
https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.3320 "Invariant and stationary measures for the SL(2,R) action on Moduli space"
 
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So sad and shocking! I feel for her family
 
I genuinely couldn't believe it was true initially. I mean forty... nature is cruel. Humanity has lost a diamond.
 

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